reversion - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a failure to maintain a higher state

Synonyms

• backsliding
• lapse
• lapsing
• relapse
• relapsing
• reversion
• reverting

More generic

• failure

More specific

• recidivism

Noun

returning to a former state

Synonyms

• regress
• regression
• retrogression
• retroversion
• reversion

More generic

• reversal

Noun

turning in the opposite direction

Synonyms

• reversal
• reverse
• reversion
• turnabout
• turnaround

More generic

• change of direction
• reorientation

More specific

• about turn
• about-face
• u-turn

Noun

a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

Synonyms

• atavism
• reversion
• throwback

More generic

• recurrence
• return

Noun

(genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)

Synonyms

• reversion

More generic

• chromosomal mutation
• genetic mutation
• mutation

Noun

(law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee)

Synonyms

• reversion

More generic

• interest
• stake

More specific

• escheat

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